The Week in Tweets: Apple’s Lion Roars For Some, Meows For Others

Apple’s updated OS features hundreds of new tips and tricks, but reviews have been mixed.

There was much anticipation for Apple's next-gen operating system, Mac OS X Lion, which was released last week exclusively via the Mac App Store. In PCMag's full review, we said it was "hands-down the best consumer OS on the market today.

But as Lion's user base grows, so do the of bugs and apparent security threats targeting the OS. On Thursday, for example, one customer noticed that PayPay charged him $4,000 for the $30 software, which he believed was tied to a new feature that lets iTunes automatically download (or re-download, rather) all past purchases with a single click. Last week, several network-attached storage (NAS) devices, like Western Digital, also reported incompatibility with OSX Lion, preventing users from backing up their files with Time Machine.

More threatening were malware reports, some of which are carry-overs from Snow Leopord, like Mac Defender. But security researchers also recently discovered a GhostNet-like Trojan called the Olyx backdoor, which disguises itself as a Google application to establish a connection, and then goes through your computer's files. Other threats include a password and laptop battery chip vulnerability.

Despite mostly positive reviews over Lion's tablet-like usability and gestures, the growing security problems may explain why consumers have generally waited before upgrading. Some of those who have, however, took to Twitter. Click on the slideshow below to see their comments, and let us know in the comments if you had any issues with Lion.

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